Weirdest trolley contents you’ve seen at the checkout

[Goatymum]

DH and I doing a quick supermarket shop yesterday and ended up behind a lady (who looked a bit eccentric) at the checkout whose basket contained approx a dozen tinned peaches, about half a dozen bags of crumble topping and 10 jars of salad cream 😂

We thought maybe she’d got confused between custard and salad cream, but she was chatting to the checkout lady telling her she was going to Portugal where apparently they don’t sell tinned peaches, salad cream or crumble topping (the last one I get, but such random items, and a lot of them to boot!).

I mean I’ve seen probable cafe owners buy a lot of bread or baked beans but this was something else.

We've all heard about the salad cream in Portugal.

Usually people with that kind of bulk buying are doing so because they volunteer with community groups - it’s particularly busy time of year for them as they are running breakfast, lunch and dinner clubs for families, because those in the direst straits rely on schools to feed their kids and obviously they are closed. Sounds to me that she was buying for a community meal.

At one point I lived just round the corner from a butcher and green grocery.

At the same time I was at college one day a week at an FE college where I could stock up on fresh baked bread.

So my supermarket shop was basically tins and alcohol.

I used to think " I wonder what people in the queue think?"

I was behind a man in Asda one Christmas, he had two trolleys - one full of alcohol, the other full of cat food!
I still haven't decided whether he had a liking for cat food or lots of alcoholic cats...🤣

I live abroad and whenever I'm back in the UK there are certain items I always buy in bulk -naan breads, orange clubs, chocolate buttons, sausages and Shropshire Blue cheese. People must think we have a very strange diet!!

I was at the checkout once,just behind a family who had a trolley full of semi skimmed milk

Nothing else,just bottle after bottle of milk

The bill came to about £150-all on milk

Yesterday I bought 96 rolls of toilet paper, 80 pouches of cat food, and some pain au chocolat. I only went in for kitchen roll, I absolutely adore Home Bargains 😁

I think it rather strange that anybody buys crumble topping. The average 5 year old (with a bit of supervision) could make it. I do like looking at other peoples shopping, it's all a bit like Ready Steady Cook, I've got a banana, a courgette, some black pudding and a tin of sardines, what can we make?

I love it when you just see someone with two bottles of wine and a giant bar of chocolate and a determined look on their face. Have a good night!

Im a Scout Leader.
Im used to strange looks at the checkout.

I got my husband to pick up a shop containing biscuits, chocolate bars, oxos, liquorice and big packs of curry powder.

I was flying out to see my dad and he can't get them cheaply or at all where he lives so I was taking stuff over for him.

I'm sure it happens loads, people buying stuff to take overseas with them so whilst the contents are strange, people probably guess that's what's happening.

If you ate all the cat food, you'd definitely need all the bog roll, and then the pain au chocolate to cheer you up afterwards.

Makes total sense!

I was once in the queue with someone buying a large quantity of lemons and a tin of shoe polish.

I've never done a regular weekly shop because I prefer to stock up on offers and also buy whichever version I like from different supermarkets that I rotate round.

So what looks weird to me is a week's worth of groceries that includes eg one tin of tomatoes when you could save money by buying a multi pack on offer once a month.

I had a knock on my door six months ago from a woman I'd never seen before. It was about 10pm. I checked through the Ring camera before answering just in case.

She wanted to know if I had any tinned peaches I could give her!

This is why I love Aldi - the middle isle has a lot to answer for, lol. My ex used to go in for pet food, and back with a skateboard, motorcycle gear, and Xmas decorations (in July)..

in Portugal?

Oh yes?!??

😂

I get that! My friend lives on the continent and often stocks up when here, but on a variety of foods, but this woman’s combinations were bizarre!

And no cereal? 😂

Very odd choice I agree!

For sure!

What sorts of things? Baked beans, potatoes, bread?! Thinking of a camping trip …

A watermelon and a pack of American Tan tights. This was at 5am in a 24hr Tesco 😳